Verizon Communications Inc. and its two unions reached an agreement on a new labor contract, paving the way for about 39,000 landline employees to return to work after walking off the job more than six weeks ago.
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The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is partnering with Batoi Systems Pvt. Ltd. in Bhubaneswar, India, and its sister company, BCube Analytics, located at the CIE, to share research and product prototyping capabilities with India’s universities and commercial enterprises.
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Sometimes, the heart just wants what it wants.
Medtronic, a maker of heart-rhythm devices, announced on Monday that it's paying $1.1 billion for HeartWare International, whose own devices reduce surgical invasiveness when treating patients with heart failure.
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